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READY, SET, DOMINATE and Nobody Can Catch You! Whether a group of engineers is developing new cars, software applications, aerospace equipment, kitchen appliances, controls, sensors, or any of hundreds of different items, the process they follow is pretty much the same, except in one company — Toyota, perhaps the most innovative and highly respected car company on the planet. This book is based on five years of hands on experience implementing Toyota’s product development system, which according to research by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) achieves industry-leading quality and innovation while being four times as productive as the typical western company.

Companies that are early adopters of the Toyota system are certain to realize tremendous advantages over their rivals. And the authors show how Toyota’s set-based learning system can be adapted and adopted by other areas of a business as well, producing major advantages over a company’s competition. This is a change that is coming to businesses everywhere and this book shows the way. It is a must read for anyone who is interested in better serving customers, investors, and employees.

Review

Michael Kennedy and his team have done what many thought to be impossible. They have provided an answer to what companies have been trying to achieve for years: achievable and significant product development improvements presented is a way anyone can understand. –Thane Hathaway, President & CEO EAC Product Development Solutions

Mike Kennedy continues our journey with a major industrial company in its struggles to maintain competitiveness via its product development process. Our adventure began in his first book, Product Development for the Lean Enterprise, as our hero, Jon Stevens, set out to prepare his company for an arduous through the jungle of corporate resistance to change. Now Jon is back for an even more dangerous mission — implementing significant paradigm shifts beyond a single department to emcompass the entire company. Many bold and daring managers have never returned from this swamp. Through his creative style and hero, Mike shows us the way based on actual experiences of the author and his associates as they help real companies make real change and experience the rewards. –Rick Jarman, President & CEO National Center for Manufacturing Sciences

We at Fisher & Paykel Appliances Ltd are proud of the innovative products that we have introduced to the appliance world. Our only frustration has been the time that it takes to develop these products using conventional product development methods. We were looking for a better way and upon reading Michael Kennedy‘s first book the answer became obvious — Learning First Product Development. The simple conceptual change from ‘design and test’ to ‘test and design’ was the clincher. We introduced LFPD to our engineering team and after seeing the benefits of knowledge capture and reuse in this area we are looking to extend the practice throughout our organization. –John Bongard, CEO, Fisher & Paykel Appliances

Mike Kennedy continues our journey with a major industrial company in its struggles to maintain competitiveness via its product development process. Our adventure began in his first book, Product Development for the Lean Enterprise, as our hero, Jon Stevens, set out to prepare his company for an arduous through the jungle of corporate resistance to change. Now Jon is back for an even more dangerous mission — implementing significant paradigm shifts beyond a single department to emcompass the entire company. Many bold and daring managers have never returned from this swamp. Through his creative style and hero, Mike shows us the way based on actual experiences of the author and his associates as they help real companies make real change and experience the rewards. –Rick Jarman, President & CEO National Center for Manufacturing Sciences

We at Fisher & Paykel Appliances Ltd are proud of the innovative products that we have introduced to the appliance world. Our only frustration has been the time that it takes to develop these products using conventional product development methods. We were looking for a better way and upon reading Michael Kennedy‘s first book the answer became obvious — Learning First Product Development. The simple conceptual change from ‘design and test’ to ‘test and design’ was the clincher. We introduced LFPD to our engineering team and after seeing the benefits of knowledge capture and reuse in this area we are looking to extend the practice throughout our organization. –John Bongard, CEO, Fisher & Paykel Appliances

Mike Kennedy continues our journey with a major industrial company in its struggles to maintain competitiveness via its product development process. Our adventure began in his first book, Product Development for the Lean Enterprise, as our hero, Jon Stevens, set out to prepare his company for an arduous through the jungle of corporate resistance to change. Now Jon is back for an even more dangerous mission — implementing significant paradigm shifts beyond a single department to emcompass the entire company. Many bold and daring managers have never returned from this swamp. Through his creative style and hero, Mike shows us the way based on actual experiences of the author and his associates as they help real companies make real change and experience the rewards. –Rick Jarman, President & CEO National Center for Manufacturing Sciences

We at Fisher & Paykel Appliances Ltd are proud of the innovative products that we have introduced to the appliance world. Our only frustration has been the time that it takes to develop these products using conventional product development methods. We were looking for a better way and upon reading Michael Kennedy‘s first book the answer became obvious — Learning First Product Development. The simple conceptual change from ‘design and test’ to ‘test and design’ was the clincher. We introduced LFPD to our engineering team and after seeing the benefits of knowledge capture and reuse in this area we are looking to extend the practice throughout our organization. –John Bongard, CEO, Fisher & Paykel Appliances

About the Author

The authors work extensively with companies to adapt and implement Toyota’s set-based learning to achieve up to 4X gains in productivity and knowledge waste reduction. These companies include those from manufacturing and chemical development to the construction industry.

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

The Transformation Journey

Background

Chapter 1. The Profit Imperative

Chapter 2. Assessing Progress Toward Achieving the Lean Enterprise

Chapter 3. Looking at the Realities Firsthand

Chapter 4. Digging to the Root Cause

Chapter 5. Looking at the Cost-Focused Model

Chapter 6. Discovering a New System Model

Chapter 7. Preparing an Alternative

Chapter 8. The Battle for the Future of the Company (Evaluating the Alternatives)

Chapter 9. Deciding on a Recommendation (Can we do it?)

Chapter 10. Introduction to the Journey

Chapter 11. The Journey of Teledyne Benthos / Teledyne Tap Tone

Chapter 12. The Journey of Fisher & Paykel

Chapter 13. Roadmap to Domination

Appendix II.A

Lean Knowledge Management of the Knowledge Value Stream

Appendix II.B

Product Development Performance Assessment

Michael Kennedy Bio

Ed Minnock Bio

J. Kent Hamon Bio

Additional information

Weight

0.602 kg

Dimensions

23.5 x 15.6 x 2.4 cm

ISBN NO:

9781892538406

Author Name:

MICHAEL KENNEDY, KENT HARMON, ED MINNOCK

Pages:

296 PAGES

Publisher:

THE OAKLEA PRESS

Year of Publishing :

2008

Edition :

FIRST EDITION

Language:

ENGLISH

Binding :

HARDCOVER

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